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Ouray Visitors’ Center reopens Friday
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Ouray Visitors’ Center reopens Friday
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
The Ouray Visitors’ Center, closed since the end of March, will reopen with the help of volunteers on Friday. Markus Van Meter, whom the city hired earlier this month to perform digital marketing for ...
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Dining options on municipalities’ table
By Erin Mcintyre And Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
Local municipalities are troubleshooting how they can safely accommodate outdoor dining and allow restaurants to have more outside capacity, in anticipation of Ouray County’s variance to allow in-pers...
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What a relief: Restrooms reopen
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What a relief: Restrooms reopen
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
Visitors have been filtering back onto Ouray’s Main Street the last couple of weeks, since retail stores reopened and hotels and motels began taking reservations again. But it wasn’t until now that th...
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Restrictions to mark pool reopening
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Restrictions to mark pool reopening
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
A plan to reopen the Ouray Hot Springs Pool when the state indicates it’s safe to do so is marked by a bevy of restrictions — restricted hours, capacity, staffing and movement within individual pool a...
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NEWS BRIEFS
By News Staff 
May 21, 2020
Ridgway receives financing for Space to Create The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority has granted low-income housing tax credit funding to the town for its Space to Create Project, which will help...
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Commissioners cautioned to follow law
By Carolina Brown 
May 21, 2020
Ouray County Attorney Carol Viner cautioned commissioners they need to be wary of becoming too relaxed during public meetings and they need to adhere to state open meetings laws, even as the pandemic ...
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The summer of discontent
By Mike Wiggins 
May 21, 2020
Everything is geared toward July. Hoteliers know sparse bookings in the spring will give way to crowded calendars. Restaurant owners conduct deep cleanings or close entirely after a spasm of winter to...
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Financial losses trigger layoffs at Montrose hospital
By Plaindealer Staff Report 
May 21, 2020
Citing a loss in revenue attributed to canceling elective surgeries and procedures related to COVID-19, Montrose Memorial Hospital announced it has laid off 19 employees after enduring as much as a S5...
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It’s time for local elected officials to take open meetings laws seriously
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It’s time for local elected officials to take open meetings laws seriously
By Erin McIntyre 
May 21, 2020
Even in a pandemic, we deserve to have public business discussed in public, and we deserve to know what’s going on around here. But that’s getting harder and harder to do as this situation drags on. F...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
May 18, 2020
GUNNISON As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, flights in and out of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport largely remain up in the air. One impact is that United Airlines has dropped Hou...
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Silverton cancels Fourth of July celebration
By News Staff 
May 15, 2020
The town of Silverton announced this morning it will cancel its Fourth of July celebration this year, joining Telluride as southwestern Colorado towns that have nixed Independence Day festivities in l...
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Ouray’s annual FJ Summit canceled
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
The FJ Summit, a five-day event that brings dozens of Toyota owners to Ouray every summer, has been canceled for this year. Summit directors announced today on the FJ Summit's website that they were p...
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City awards marketing deal
By Mike Wiggins 
May 14, 2020
In a split vote, the Ouray City Council agreed May 7 to hire professional photographer and social media manager Markus Van Meter to handle digital marketing for the city for the rest of the year. The ...
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Limited pomp amid difficult circumstance
By Erin Mcintyre And Carolina Brown 
May 14, 2020
There won’t be any mortarboards tossed into the air after turning tassels. There won’t be group photos with friends, standing close with arms around each other. There won't be flowers handed out or be...
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Superintendent finalists narrowed to 2
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Superintendent finalists narrowed to 2
By Carolina Brown And Erin Mcintyre 
May 14, 2020
The Ouray School Board will choose its new superintendent from two finalists, after interviewing three and having one pull her application from consideration after she discovered that the spouse of a ...
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AROUND THE REGION
By News Staff 
May 14, 2020
GUNNISON As COVID-19 continues to impact the economy, flights in and out of the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport largely remain up in the air. One impact is that United Airlines has dropped Hou...
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County records first positive blood test
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County records first positive blood test
By Mike Wiggins 
May 14, 2020
When the headaches, diarrhea and fatigue set in, Andrea Iuppenlatz thought she might have altitude sickness. She and her husband, Mark, had returned to their home in Ouray on March 21 after spending s...
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Board contemplates tapping reserves
By Carolina Brown 
May 14, 2020
The Ridgway School Board is conside ring using reserve funds instead of making cuts to an already tight budget. Superintendent Susan Lacy told the board during a May 7 special session that the distric...
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County hosts home rule presentation
By Erin McIntyre 
May 14, 2020
Five months after the idea of exploring "home rule" came up at a commissioners meeting, Ouray County scheduled a presentation about home rule counties at a special work session Wednesday night. "Home ...
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County to seek rental variance
By Erin McIntyre 
May 14, 2020
Ouray County is requesting a variance from part of the governor’s “safer at home” public health order, asking for permission to allow short-term rentals to resume operations when the county’s lodging ...
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Trials in sex assault case delayed
By Mike Wiggins 
January 16, 2026
The trials for two men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Ouray County in 2023 have been postponed. Gabriel Trujillo and Ashton Whittington were set to go to trial starting Feb. 9, b...
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Welcome to the snow-deo
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Welcome to the snow-deo
January 14, 2026
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Public: Rebuild Ouray PD
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Residents seek retention of independent agency after departure of interim chief
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
January 14, 2026
Ouray residents sent a clear message this week: They want to maintain an independent police department instead of permanently relying on the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement. Faced wi...
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Tax questions linger as lodge proceeds with housing plans
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Tax questions linger as lodge proceeds with housing plans
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
January 14, 2026
MTN Lodge in Ridgway is moving forward with plans to convert the hotel to workforce housing for four years starting in February, though the town has yet to cement an agreement with the owners about pa...
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County OKs permit for guest ranch
Stipulations require Gold Mountain to account for bighorn sheep
By Deb Hurley Brobst Special to the Plaindealer 
January 14, 2026
Gold Mountain Ranch will be allowed to operate a guest ranch in Ouray County, and county commissioners hope the special-use permit they approved in December will allay community concerns about wildlif...
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